Todisco: It’s something that we had to be careful with, and the way we operated throughout the project was to use what we call “the squint test.” How it works is if you squinted at the original Diablo 2 and then Resurrected - how discernible of a difference is there between the two? The goal was to create something indistinguishable, other than the fact that the remaster should look 3D, have fantastic lighting and all sorts of modern visuals.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF. This interview has been edited for clarity. While Diablo 2: Resurrected is a Blizzard release, its developers (Vicarious Visions) are not implicated in the allegations.

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However, the studio’s most daunting task yet has come with remastering Diablo 2, a game that almost single-handedly revolutionized action RPGs and made loot-centric games what they are today. Remastering and remaking classics is what they do. Sane Trilogy and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 + 2. It’s a puzzle they’re all too familiar with at Vicarious Visions, which is now part of Blizzard Entertainment, working on the Crash Bandicoot N. So how do you bring one of the greatest games of all time back to life? That’s the question Rob Gallerani, studio design director, and Kevin Todisco, lead graphics engineer, had to figure out with Diablo 2: Resurrected.

Any diablo 2 remakes?